Polish Pierogies

I can’t remember when I first had pierogies, but I know that I have been a fan of them ever since. I am fortunate enough to live in a town that has a polish supermarket, so they are easy to get hold off. I decided that it was probably about time I had a go…

Banana, Oat & Raisin Muffins

While packing my lunch bag for me, dear half found some overly ripe bananas and was about to throw them away when I stopped him. I like bananas when they are very ripe, but even for me, these were too ripe to eat for lunch. They are, however, perfect for banana muffins. Throw in some…

Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie

The second item I took to the charity bake sale at work yesterday was some Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip cookies. Starting with my favourite chocolate chip recipe, they were made more special by the addition of a rolo pushed into the centre of the cookie dough balls. As they bake, the rolo spreads into a…

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies

Last year, I organised a bake sale at work to raise money for Comic Relief. It was fairly successful. Everyone that attended seemed to have a good time, and lots of cake, cookies and cupcakes were eaten, as well as a reasonable sum of money raised. The University I work for are running a campaign…

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Layer Cake

As I have done in previous years, I went to visit family and of course took dessert. As it was Easter, a chocolate themed cake seemed appropriate, but I wanted to add peanut butter into the mix. One, because I love peanut butter, but also because I think of the many various flavour combinations out…

Vanilla Petit Fours

I reviewed the recipe book The Petit Four Cookbook by Brooks Coulson Nguyen this weekend. In case you didn’t already know, petit four is French for ‘little oven’, and is used to describe small bite-sized cakes. I confess, as much as I like to eat these, I had never attempted them before so it was…